Khamphoui
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Queen Khamphoui was born in Luang Phrabang, Laos
on July 12, 1912. She is reported to have died in a re-education camp near Sop Hao on December 12, 1981. On August 7, 1930, she married King Savang Vatthana
and they had seven children, Crown Prince Vong Savang
, Prince Sisavang, Prince Savang, Prince Sauryavong Savang
, Princess Savivanh Savang, and Princess Thala Savang. As Queen of Laos, she attended with her husband when they attended public events and ceremonies and took her role seriously. Her husband abdicated the throne on December 2, 1975. She died in an internment camp in northern Laos along with her husband and their son Crown Prince Vong Savang in a Communist
re-education camp probably around Sop Hao.
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
on July 12, 1912. She is reported to have died in a re-education camp near Sop Hao on December 12, 1981. On August 7, 1930, she married King Savang Vatthana
Savang Vatthana
Savang or Sisavang Vatthana was the last king of the Kingdom of Laos. He ruled from 1959 after his father's death, until his forced abdication in 1975...
and they had seven children, Crown Prince Vong Savang
Vong Savang
Crown Prince Vong Savang was born on September 27, 1931, at the Royal Palace Luang Prabang, Laos. His father was King Savang Vatthana and mother was Queen Khamphoui. He died at the hands of the communists in a so-called "seminar camp" in Laos on May 2, 1978...
, Prince Sisavang, Prince Savang, Prince Sauryavong Savang
Sauryavong Savang
Prince Sauryavong Savang is the youngest son of King Savang Vatthana of Laos. In 1965, he married Princess Dalavan and they have four children, Sthira Sauryavong, Dayavant Sauryavong, Balavant Sauryavong, and Krishnajina Sauryavong....
, Princess Savivanh Savang, and Princess Thala Savang. As Queen of Laos, she attended with her husband when they attended public events and ceremonies and took her role seriously. Her husband abdicated the throne on December 2, 1975. She died in an internment camp in northern Laos along with her husband and their son Crown Prince Vong Savang in a Communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
re-education camp probably around Sop Hao.